HBO Sports is still stinging from losing boxing's biggest draw, Manny Pacquiao, to rival Showtime.But that doesn't mean Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, is sitting on his hands fretting about it.

Welterweight contender Andre Berto had finally silenced the critics who said he only fought soft touches, signing for a showdown with Shane Mosley. The match was scheduled for Jan. 30, 2009, on HBO, and would be by far the toughest test of Berto's young career. If Berto won, he could look forward to richer paydays and bigger fights the kind that elude him now.

He will turn 80 this year, and the electric hair, the most famous head of hair in sports history, is getting whiter every day. But Don King, who calls himself the "boxing promoter of the people, by the people and for the people," is still going strong, despite the death of his wife, Henrietta, 87, in December.

There's no question 2010 has been a curious year for the sport of boxing.Ten months with a handful of fights of major consequence, then two months packed with top matchups and fight of the year candidates.